The SILENCE of the good people is more DANGEROUS than the BRUTALITY of the bad people

There is little hope for us until we become tough-minded enough to break loose from the shackles of prejudice, half-truths, and downright ignorance. The shape of the world today does not permit us the luxury of soft mindedness. A nation or a civilization that continues to produce soft minded men purchases its own spiritual death on an installment plan.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.

Look to a day when people will not be judged by the color of their skin.

Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice.

We were all involved in the death of John Kennedy. We tolerated hate; we tolerated the sick stimulation of violence in all walks of life; and we tolerated the differential application of law, which said that a man's life was sacred only if we agreed with his views.

We aren't going to have peace on Earth until we recognize the basic fact of the interrelated structure of all reality.